It's relatively simple, but pictures do not hurt. After searching I couldn't find any and so without further ado, I present to you a how to.

Set aside about two hours and you can take your time.

Pull your car up to a nice shaded area or into garage. Pull out your 15 amp Fuel Pump Fuse. Start the car and run it until it dies, so the fuel pressure is released.

Starting with the Passenger Side:

- Remove your air intake duct. If you want, you could also remove the entire intake air box for more elbow room. I have an aftermarket intake, so I didn't have to move it.

- You will need to remove the turbo coolant reservoir to access the rear pass. injector. Start with the bolt a the bottom. Then unclamp the two hoses going towards the radiator. Fit the smaller hose into the bigger hose so coolant doesn't spill while you set it aside some where. Now just lift the reservoir upward and onto its side.

- Pull out the bracket that hugs down the injector and Unclip the harness. For both rear injectors, it helps if you have your thumb press and hold the clip, while using a flat head screw driver to lift it up.

- Pulling the injector out. This is the hardest part because the plastic body of the injectors are very soft and could tear easily if not carefull (You lose more money on your rebate/core if the plastic body is damaged , I.E. Deatwercks rebates). You'll want to wrap up the tips on a some pliers with electrical tape or duct tape and gently grasp the top of the injector and pull. I also used a towel rag as an extra precaution if fuel where to spit out. ( it didn't).

- Prep your new Injector. Take the grey caps off your oil injector and fit onto your new one. A flat head will work fine. Take some Synthetic grease that was provided and lather over the two O-rings or use some engine oil. Make sure your hands are clean !

- Install your new one. Make sure the area is clean and no debris is inside the fuel injector housing. Install it in the same orientation as the old one faced. (the rears, clip faced towards the firewall. the fronts, clip faced towards the radiator). Make sure the injector snaps into place and that the bracket that hugs onto it, sits flush ontop of it. I used my adapter screw driver to push it all the way in. Push on top of the grey cap.

It'll take a few seconds to get the car started again on the first try.

dustincredible

07-11-2012 06:11 AM

Thanks for the write up!

aerophool

07-13-2012 05:43 PM

What are the good aftermarket fuel injectors? I do not necessarily want to go to a large flow rate injector, because of the extra fuel consumption. I just wonder if there are advantages from one fuel injector to the other based on other parameters that affect performance, such as fuel atomization, spray pattern, etc.

LegacyDan

07-22-2012 02:49 PM

good write up, ill be upgrading mine soon and this will help a lot. Is there any risk of damage to your pump pulling the fuse like that and letting it cut out?

ibr_adam09

07-23-2012 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aerophool
(Post 3980356)

What are the good aftermarket fuel injectors? I do not necessarily want to go to a large flow rate injector, because of the extra fuel consumption. I just wonder if there are advantages from one fuel injector to the other based on other parameters that affect performance, such as fuel atomization, spray pattern, etc.

DW are the most popular and reliable aftermarket upgrade. There are others, but not sure if they do any rebate programs. DW are also recommended by tuners. (easy to tune with)

Quote:

Originally Posted by LegacyDan
(Post 3992470)

good write up, ill be upgrading mine soon and this will help a lot. Is there any risk of damage to your pump pulling the fuse like that and letting it cut out?

Not at all. Pull the fuse before starting the car. The engine will only run with whatever fuel is left in the injector housing and then dies.

BoostWagon

09-09-2012 11:18 AM

Injector puller

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Thanks for the write-up on how to do this. Have a P0302 code, before I change plugs I figured I'd swap the injectors on cylinders 2 & 4, see if the code moved.

Ran into trouble getting a grip on the injectors to pull them out with pliers, noticed the holes on each side. Figured those were probably used for a specialty tool made for pulling the injectors, so I made a puller out of a heavier duty coat hanger and one sturdy zip-tie, worked like a charm.

Having trouble attaching pics today, so here's a description of how. Use one of the hangers that has the cardboard tube, discard the tube. Cut off both bend ends so you have two equal length straight pieces connected by the curved hanger end. Using a pair of pliers, bend a 1/4 tip 90 degrees to the end of each side. Then bend an offset (two bends required each side) into each end so that the tips can fit into the injector, while the two hanger wires can snug together just above the injector. Cinch the zip tie around the two wires, trim the excess.

Slide the zip tie up towards the hand grip (hanger) end while inserting the bent tips into each side of the injector. Slide the zip tie down to tighten the tips in place in the injector. Hold the puller with one hand near the injector, pull on the other end, should work fine. You can also bend one of the handles on a binder clip as shown, but the hanger is the easier solution.

ibr_adam09

10-11-2012 09:13 PM

Ah, makes sense. thanks for the added info

BoostWagon

10-12-2012 07:28 PM

So its been a month, probably about 2,500 miles with no recurrence of the P0302 code sine I swapped injectors in cylinders 2 & 4. Once these codes clear, do they stay reset until a certain amount of time passes?

ibr_adam09

11-11-2012 09:11 PM

If you cleared the code, its only going to come back if the ECU suspects there's a problem.

No, codes don't just come back after a certain amount of miles.

deltasierrahotel

01-22-2013 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibr_adam09
(Post 3975241)

THIS IS FOR THE MY 05-06 Legacy GT SIDE-FEED ONLY

I need to replace an OEM fuel injector on cylinder #4 with another OEM injector on my 05 LGT, no performance upgrades. Does this mean the walkthrough pics won't apply?

Thanks

TheBlubaru

01-22-2013 02:01 PM

The process will be the same. In reality the DW injectors are just modified stock injectors.

J. Steinbeck

01-22-2013 04:05 PM

Nice write-up!

Coming from the world of top feed injectors on 2.0 WRXs, I can't help but feel a little relief at seeing the ease of this process; Lord, how I hated dealing with the infamous GBODs on my other cars.

No upgrades of this sort planned at the moment, though. Perhaps some day...

deltasierrahotel

01-29-2013 11:58 AM

:eek: Just a heads-up, be careful pushing down on that gray cap when reinstalling the new injectors. I cracked one of mine that was acting stubborn.

Brunex

03-02-2013 01:20 PM

Does anyone know where to buy new screws? mine look really old. Will ask the dealer on monday...

ibr_adam09

03-02-2013 01:55 PM

I'm sure ace hardware will have the same length and thread type. Not sure if same torx head. Ace hardware saved my ass a few times